Clelia barbieri biography of abraham

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Clelia Barbieri (13 February 1847 – 13 July 1870) was an ItalianRoman Catholic and the founder of the Little Sisters of the Mother of Sorrows.^[1] She is regarded as the youngest founder of a religious congregation in the history of the Catholic church, as she was just twenty-three when she died.^[2] Barbieri declined the married life in her adolescence – even when pressured – in favor of leading a life dedicated to the needs of others; she served as an educator for a while and joined a religious movement which made her a notable figure in her village.^[3]

Barbieri's canonization cause started on 15 March 1930 when she was made a Servant of God, progressed with her beatification on 27 October 1968, and culminated with her canonization on 9 April 1989 under Pope John Paul II.

Life

Clelia Barbieri was born in the village of Le Budrie, Bologna in 1847 to the poor workers Giuseppe Barbieri and Giacinta N